Creative Commons License Copyright © Michael Richmond. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Reading Quiz Number 2

Question 1: The charge on an electron is ... 

  Answer: negative

Question 2: The amount of charge on an electron is

  1. less than 1 Coulomb
  2. exactly 1 Coulomb
  3. more than 1 Coulomb 
  Answer: less than 1 Coulomb.  Actually, 1.6 x 10^(-19) C

Question 3: Two electrons placed close to each other in a vacuum will feel __________ force.

  1. attractive
  2. zero
  3. repulsize 
  Answer: repulsive

Creative Commons License Copyright © Michael Richmond. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.